Oxnard-- The Public Works and Transportation Committee, Tuesday, July 26, reviewed the City’s Water Division Public Health Goals (PHG) Report.
THE City is required to prepare a Public Health Goal Report, in accordance with California Health and Safety Code 116470(b), if water exceeds any Public Health Code in the three previous calendar years.
Assistant Public Works Director Joseph Marcinko told the committee that the Public Health Grades must include any contaminant detected above a (PHG) or MCLG (Maximum Contaminant Level Goals).
“It must also include health risk information on the detected contaminants, the estimated costs associated with the installation of best available technology (BAT) to help reduce the level of a given contaminant,” he said. “What action, if necessary, to help reduce the level of a given contaminant, and what action, if any, will be taken to help reduce the level of the contaminant and the basis for that decision.”
He said PHGs are established by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment.
“Goals used as public health risk assessment are not required to be met by public water systems non-enforceable standards,” Marcinko said. “Levels of chemicals that would not cause adverse health effects in people who drink…
